Episode 6

Introductions Justin Hardman and Chris Betcher joined David and Jeff. |Essential Question| How to expand the learning community to the parents? Jeff> Look at your technology vision and plan to include the development of a school portal that provides the tools to make the components of your plan a reality. David> See his recent post that focused on two themes. One being that schools should use their portal to build on current practices that are already in place to connect parents and expand the learning community. Making information access and communication digital definitely enhances communication opportunities. A second theme is to invite our corporate parents working in 21st century information-rich jobs to our schools to share their experiences and expectations what skills they want their employees to have. Their real world experiences can help in the shifting process as teachers connect what they are teaching to the real world assessments their students will be experiencing.